Hook-in, Co-hosted by North Bay Rags to Riches with Powassan Padulas. September 29, 10am—3pm; 250 Clark Street, PowassanON (beside the library). Admission $3.00—bring show and tell, a mug & lunch. There will be complimentary tea/coffee and baking. All welcomed. Contact: maouellette@bell.net.

Georgetown branch of the OHCG Celebrates 50 Years, with a gallery display of hooked rugs, from 10 am to 3pm, September 12 to October 31st.

On September 29th, Michelle Sirois-Silver, an accomplished textile artist from BC, will give a talk entitled “It Takes Time”, at 1pm in the Helson Gallery, Halton Hills Cultural Centre, in Georgetown. $10 fee. The show is free.

Well, the votes are in! Of the top 3 Celebration XXVIII winners (2018), two are OHCG members! First, Peggy Peacock with her “Fish Carpet” and third, Trish Johnson with “Honest Ed’s”. Second prize went to Judy Carter with her “Tiger Close Up” (hooked in #8). 1 & 3 are original creations; Judy Carter’s is an adaptation, with permission, from a photo by Lunasa Photography, in the Adaptation category of Celebration. Congratulations to a trio of wonderful hookers!!

Peggy Peacock’s “Fish Carpet”, 1st place in Celebration 28. Also won Original and Rowan Awards at the 2016 OHCG Annual Conference and Rug Show

“Tiger Close Up”, by Judy Carter of Lancaster, PA2nd place in Celebration 28

“To start, for the first time in Celebration’s history, we awarded prizes to our three highest scoring rugs. We’re thrilled for our first place entry, The Fish Carpet, by Peggy Peacock; our second place entry, Tiger Close Up, by Judy Carter; and our third place entry, Honest Ed’s, by Trish Johnson. All three show the incredible skill and artistry in the community, and we hope they’ll inspire future generations of rug hookers.”
signed by Jessica Thelander (Celebration Coordinator) and Debra Smith (Rug Hooking Magazine Editor)

The Barachois Historic Church is launching its 200th series of celebration events with the project “200 hooked cushions for my 200th”.

This historical wooden building, situated in Barachois New Brunswick, is still standing after nearly 200 years. The building was disaffected in the late 1970s and reprieved from demolition in 1980. It has since been transformed into a local Museum, art gallery and summer concert and community venue. In order to be more comfortable on the old wooden pews, many event-goers took to bringing a cushion to cultural presentations, and leaving it on the bench. Over time, this developed into a sort of tradition. The Barachois Historic Church Cultural Committee is calling on the rug hooking community, artists and artisans, Acadians and friends of Acadians, to create «hooked cushions» to be exhibited permanently on the church pews.The first exhibit of this growing collection will be held next August, during the 2019 World Acadian National Congress to be held throughout southeastern New Brunswick as well as on Prince Edward Island.

Call for Submission:

Over 140 cushions have been registered to date. Let’s help them achieve their goal. Interested in taking part in this exciting project? For more information contact Remi Levesque at remileves@gmail.com.

Things to consider:

Confirm your interest in the project by email at coussinhooke@gmail.com or remileves@gmail.com; by telephone at (506) 533-9528, or through our Facebook page at “200 coussins hookés pour mon 200ième / 200 hooked cushions for my 200th”.

Your work may be produced on jute/burlap, monkscloth or linen; it may cover one side of the cushion or part of one side.

The cushions will be used by event spectators, so it is advised to use durable fibres such as jersey cotton, wool, fleece, polyester or denim cloth, among other suggestions.

Your work must be in our possession no later than April 1st 2019, to allow for planning, preparation of the exhibition, the opening, and the publicity.

An exposition catalogue will be produced, once we reach 200 cushions, to include photos of the cushions and information about the artisans, their creation, as well as technical details.

Though you must accept to donate your work to the permanent collection, we expect to raise sufficient funding to cover shipping.The Société Historique de la Mer Rouge (Red Sea Historical Society) will issue a $400.00 tax-exemption receipt to the artist for each donated cushion. Unfortunately, the tax receipt can only apply to Canadian artist/artisan.

We will be grateful for your participation to make our heritage project a success.We are excited by the response this project has received so far.We have registered cushion #101 already on our FaceBook page “200 hooked cushions for my 200th”.For the time being, the members of the Barachois Historic Church Committee thank you in advance for your interest and attention you may give to the success of our cultural project: « 200 hooked cushions for our 200th birthday».

Marcel Arsenault (president of the Historical Barachois Church Cultural Committee)

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS! FREE BURLINGTON HOOK-in: Join us for our 11th Annual HOOK-IN in conjunction with Kaleidoscope of the Arts on Saturday APRIL 21 from 10 am until 3:30 pm, at the Art Gallery of Burlington. Bring your lunch and mug. Goodies supplied. Enjoy shopping, show and tell, draws and prizes.

The OHCG Annual Conference ends with a splendid show of hundreds of rugs, only limited by the size of the venue. These rugs are hooked, in both traditional and modern styles, by a representation of the over 1000 members of the Ontario Hooking Craft Guild, from 66 branches around the province and into Québec. The show is open to the public on Sunday April 30th, from 10am to 3pm, at a charge of $10 per person.

There are 8 categories of rugs: Fine-cut, Wide-cut, Multi-cut (new for 2017), Original, Oriental, Primitive, Pictorial and Alternative Fibres & Techniques. Within the categories, there is an enormous range of ideas, colour palettes and ingenuity. Some hook mostly commercial patterns while others only hook their own designs.

OHCG Fall School & Annual Conference

The Theme for the 2018 OHCG Fall School in Ancaster is "Birds of a Feather"; Oct. 25—28, 2018. "Birds of a Feather" is the Competition Theme for the 2019 OHCG Annual Conference.
running April 12—14th, 2019. Rug Display open to the public Sunday, April 14, from 10am to 3pm. $10 admission fee.